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Our mission is to build processes and tools that will position current and future First Nation, Métis We have two offices one in Kitchener and one in Guelph.

The Guelph office is our main employment office where we will be able to assist you with job search and resume development. At both locations you will have access to an employment counsellor. Our Kitchener office is where we offer all services related to healing. At our Kitchener location you will find our EarlyON.

10/27/2026

Our winter clothing items from the Guelph United Steelworkers drive have arrived! 🧡🧥

Their donation of coats, winter wear, and other seasonal essentials will help First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members out as temperatures drop in the coming weeks. Access to warm clothing helps remove an everyday expense for families while making sure they have what they need for winter months.

Want to help keep essential items available for our community? Learn more about donating items at aocan.org/donate.

Miigwech again to Guelph United Steelworkers and everyone who contributed to the drive for helping keep our community warm this winter! ❄️

We will keep our members updated on when these items will be available. Please ask our staff for details!

10/26/2026

Our Soap Making Workshop was a success! 🧼

Participants spent the evening learning how to make their own soap, moulding their designs, and customizing their unique recipes alongside other First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members in a welcoming space.

A special thank you to Kellie M. for leading the workshop and generously donating all of the supplies that made the evening possible. Your support for our programs is greatly appreciated, and the final creations turned out beautifully!

Want to help us keep free workshops like this going? You can make a charitable donation at aocan.org/donate.

Stay tuned to our social media for details on our next craft workshop! 🧡

10/22/2026

Miigwech to everyone who came out to our Giving Circle and to every community partner that made this possible! 💙

A special thank you to Guelph United Steelworkers for running a winter clothing drive on behalf of AO, and to for donating a haircutting kit and offering discounted haircuts to Spirit Bundle participants, along with many other donations we're grateful for over the year.

Our Giving Circle helps make donated clothing, household items, and other essentials available to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members at no cost. Stay tuned to our social media for updates on the next Giving Circle!

Want to help us keep resources like these available to the community? You can make a charitable donation at aocan.org/donate.

10/13/2026

Bring your kids out for our free monthly Science Night with Let’s Talk Science! 🔬🧪

As part of our Tutoring & Sports Afterschool Care Program, Let’s Talk Science will be joining us once a month to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) through fun, hands-on activities for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children ages 6 to 16.

To register, please visit rb.gy/gii0je or contact our staff at [email protected].

🗓 October 20, 2026
🕓 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
📍 236 Woodhaven Rd.

We hope to see you there!

10/07/2026

Join our Craft Workshop this month to make some homemade soaps! 🧼✨

We’re grateful to Kellie who is generously donating the supplies for this workshop and will guide participants through the process of making their own soap to take home.

Open to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members, this workshop is another opportunity to gather, learn something new, and connect with other Indigenous community members in a welcoming space. Creating opportunities for community members to spend time together, build connections, and support one another is an important part of healing and reconciliation.

🗓 October 21, 2026
🕓 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener

Register at rb.gy/raugl5 or email [email protected].

Miigwech to Kellie for helping make this free workshop possible for our community! 💙

10/06/2026

Medicine bundles are now available!🌿

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members are welcome to receive a medicine bundle at our Kitchener centre. Each bundle includes the Four Sacred Medicines:

🍃 To***co
🌲 Cedar
🌿 Sage
🌾 Sweetgrass

To request a medicine bundle, contact [email protected] or call (519) 208-5333. Alternatively, you can ask our staff for availability next time you pick up your Spirit Bundle.

📍 236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener, ON
🕘 Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Miigwech 💙

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10/05/2026

Miigwech to everyone who shared, donated, learned, and stood with our community this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation through our internal reconciliation training workshop. 🧡

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time to honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and recognize the lasting impacts residential schools continue to have. At Anishnabeg Outreach, reconciliation does not end on September 30. Our work continues every day through mental health supports, food security, employment, youth programming, land-based healing, and more, to support over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families across the region.

We’re grateful to the businesses, organizations, partners, and community members who helped amplify this message and support our cause this year. A special miigwech to:

eatery

Thank you for sharing our work and helping make an impact in our community.

If you haven’t already, you can turn reconciliation into action by making a charitable donation at aocan.org/donate. Your support goes directly to creating measurable outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members.

10/02/2026

Reconciliation takes all of us working together, learning together, and turning that learning into action. 🧡

Miigwech to our partners who joined us at our outreach centre in Kitchener for our Truth and Reconciliation Training Day. Throughout the day, we shared what reconciliation means to our community and the role our partners can play in helping create meaningful, measurable outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people.

Our CEO, Stephen Jackson, reminded us that reconciliation cannot be about doing things “to” Indigenous people or simply “for” Indigenous people; meaningful change happens when we work “with” Indigenous people. That same principle guides AONest, our evidence-based mental health software, which is designed to work with Indigenous people in creating pathways toward healing. Together with our partners, we are exploring how we can work with Indigenous communities to expand access to mental health supports and deliver measurable health outcomes, which is the most important first step to reconciliation.

A special thank you to our partners at for joining us early and helping prepare our employee breakfast, and to our entire AO team for the work you do every day.

Miigwech to our partners, staff, and community for continuing to walk this path with us. If you would like to help turn reconciliation into action, consider making a charitable donation at aocan.org/donate 🧡

09/30/2026

“Reconciliation is healing, it’s giving back culture, giving back language, or making it available. It’s helping rebuild families, rebuild communities, and providing opportunities for training, for employment or helping people start Indigenous businesses.”

Stephen Jackson
CEO, Anishnabeg Outreach

Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider donating to Anishnabeg Outreach to help us continue providing programs that support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis!

These programs include:
- AONest: Our self-guided mental health software that delivers evidence-based healing.
- Employment: Opens economic pathways and independence.
- Spirit Bundle Program: Our food security initiative supporting over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis with nourishment and wrap around services.
- Craft Workshops: Connect Indigenous community members through Indigenous-based arts.
- Tutoring & Sports: Hosts seasonal programs for Indigenous youth, providing educational support, physical activities, and resources for the school year.
- Spirit Garden (Eminidowan Kiitigan): Our 17-acre farm focuses on land-based healing and harvests food used for our Spirit Bundle Program.
- Indigenous-led EarlyON: Provides child developmental support, healthy family-based play, and Indigenous education.

Help us continue turning reconciliation into measurable action. Donate and support Anishnabeg Outreach at aocan.org/donate.

If your organization wants to deepen its reconciliation work and create tangible community impact, we welcome the conversation; reach out to us at [email protected]

09/27/2026

From the land to our community, this week’s harvest was all about preparing traditional medicines with care. 🌿

Volunteers from helped harvest white sage and braid sweetgrass that will be prepared into medicine bundles and shared with over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families in our Spirit Bundle program. These bundles are available to families upon request, helping make traditional medicines more accessible to the community members we support.

Our CEO, Stephen Jackson, joined the group and helped guide volunteers through sweetgrass braiding, shared stories and teachings connected to sage, and spoke about how we use the land at our Spirit Garden (Eminidowang Kiitigan) to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families through land-based healing and support.

Sage is recognized as a sacred medicine by many Indigenous communities and is often used in practices connected to cleansing, prayer, healing, and wellbeing. Harvesting these medicines with care is part of our land-based healing initiative, helping strengthen connections to the land while supporting the continued sharing of Indigenous teachings and medicines within the community.

With National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaching, consider turning reconciliation into action by supporting Indigenous-led healing at aocan.org/donate. 🧡

Miigwech to for helping us harvest and prepare traditional medicines for our community! 💚

Address

236 Woodhaven Road
Kitchener, ON
N2C1V5

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+15192085333

Website

http://www.aocan.org/

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